Raphael Varane 6', Lucas Vázquez Iglesias 32', Vinícius Jr. 72', Karim Benzema 79'
Real Madrid 3–1 Real Zaragoza
Match summary
Real Madrid beat Real Zaragoza 3–1 on 16 January 2005 in La Liga round 19 in front of 67,144 spectators. Raúl González Blanco 40', Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima 55' and Michael James Owen 84' scored for Real Madrid; Villa 20' replied for Real Zaragoza. Alvaro 52' was sent off.
It was Real Madrid's 14th win in 26 meetings between the clubs (14 wins, 8 draws, 4 defeats for Real Madrid). Real Madrid are unbeaten in the last 5 meetings. Real Madrid went into the game with a recent run of W L W W D. Real Madrid finished that season 2nd, Real Zaragoza 12th in La Liga.
Match events
- 13'Yellow cardPonzio
- 20'GoalVilla
- 22'SubstitutionAranzabal for —
- 31'Yellow cardWalter Samuel
- 40'GoalRaúl González Blanco
- 45'Yellow cardAlvaro
- 52'Second yellowAlvaro
- 55'GoalRonaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima
- 59'SubstitutionCuartero for —
- 62'Yellow cardLuis Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo
- 66'SubstitutionMichael James Owen for —
- 67'SubstitutionJonathan S. Woodgate for —
- 73'SubstitutionGalletti for —
- 80'Yellow cardMíchel Salgado Fernández
- 84'GoalMichael James Owen
Real Madrid v Real Zaragoza: head-to-head
All 26 meetings- 26Meetings
- 14Real Madrid wins
- 8Draws
- 4Real Zaragoza wins
Previous meetings
Rodri 6' · Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro 38'
Gonzalo Higuaín "Pipita" 23', Ángel Fabián di María 25', Michael Kojo Essien 89', Luka Modric 90+2'
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